Today’s technology early-stage funding and acquisitions news roundup:
Crowdfunding
App.net Raises $600K to Build an Ad-Free Alternative to Twitter (via Mashable)
Commerce
Mobile ‘Personal Shopping Assistant’ Swirl Exits Stealth With 30K Stores Signed On, $6M In Backing (via TechCrunch)
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Marketing/ Advertising
With $2M, Savveo wants to revamp traditional local ad buying (via gigaom)
Enterprise
Mettl Raises $4 Million Series A Funding For Skills Assessment Platform (via TechCrunch)
Startup Stackdriver nets $5M to build cloud management (via gigaom)
InsideSales.com Raises $4 Million For Big Data Analytics Sales Force Automation Technology (via TechCrunch)
Web/Content
In ‘Bittersweet’ Deal, Digital Ad Company AppNexus Acqui-Hires Fantuition (via TechCrunch)
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